So awhile back I was involved in a minor accident however my laptop screen was cracked due to some stuff landing on the top. Pretty puzzled by that. I do have someone on Tuesday to repair it but I do have work due on Monday.

I have been able to use it with the HDMI connected to the TV however this afternoon when I went to use it, it wouldn't connect. Eventually I got it to connect however it's just a black screen and my desktop doesn't show up.

Press fn plus lcd f key, on my vaio its fn key plus f7,press 2 keys at the same time,to activate lcd,external display, or try using vga from laptop to tv,vga in.
see f function key with 2 squares ,tv,small ,arrow symbols.
I use vga CABLE,VGA ,MALE to male, on my lcd tv ,my vaio has no hdmi out.
what model vaio have you got ,theres many different vaio models ,
can you see any part of the laptop screen.?
vga cable 8 euro s approx,in most pc shops.

To make things clearer, the laptop screen doesn't allow me to see anything so I have no clue what comes up everytime I've booted it up and my belief is that it goes into start up recovery. I've tried FN + F7 and nothing happens so I'm confident it's stuck in limbo.

As for a VGA Cable, I have looked for one around the house but I couldn't find one so I'll probably head down to the shops in the morning and pick one up.

Then again I have had problems that seem to fix themselves over night so perhaps the same could happen here

Cheers for the help. I'll jump back here if It's still a pain in the ass.

or try again press 5 times instead of 4 .
if u have vga cable try 1024x768 ,
or 720x576, dvd resolution.

ie f8, hold for ten/12 secs,release f8, press down ,down,down,down,enter.
then fn plus function key.
press down once each time,you might activate vga mode,if you, are lucky or display the menu on the tv.

Brought a VGA cable this morning and nothing happened. I tried your advice and nothing happened. My best bet is that it's stuck on some screen or was updated the night before and it's screwed up. I'll just have to wait till the guy comes over to fix the screen :L